Youth Urged To Pass Up Glamour Jobs By Hal Boyle
Alfred Hammell head of the Railway Express Company urges youths to seek durable work over glamor. The 45,000-employee firm ships goods across 23,000 communities and Hammell recalls starting as a freight handler 45 years ago. He stresses hands-on learning and willingness to relocate for advancement while fighting parcel post limits with the post office. He notes odd cargos moving by express from ladybugs to gift burros and cattle to tropical fish.
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New York
Alfred Hammell
Hammell
Railway Express Company
California
U. S. Post Office
Anastasia Mystery Reignites After Broadway Hit
The tale of Anna or Anastasia resurges as Broadway stages a revival of the hit that revived public interest in the supposed grand duchess. Debates continue over her true identity, with supporters like Bolton and Viveca Lindfors backing the line that the last Nicholai II descendant remains alive in the Black Forest.
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Russia
Germany
Anna
Anastasia
Bolton
Viveca Lindfors
Black Forest
Nicholas IL
Penny Foolish Fire Costly in Grange Hall
A fire at the Grange hall in Cheshire Connecticut caused $20,000 in damage after a penny was placed in a fuse box triggering an electrical blaze. No injuries reported. The incident is being investigated by local authorities.
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Cheshire, Conn
Grange Hall
Costa Rica Revolutions Mention Driven Out Figure
Quotes from figures including Teodoro Picado on Costa Rica politics and Figueres, Edgar Queen of Monsanto on industry, Eden on Formosa talks, and Bishop Sherrill on religious revival. The excerpts span opinions on revolution, settlement, and perceived global threats.
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Costa Rica
Figueres
Teodoro Picado
Henry Knox Sherrill
U.S. Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids Passes Ordinance 2952 Zoning Change
The Cedar Rapids City Council on February 10 1955 final passage Ordinance 2952 amends the Use District Map for Lot 9 Block 19 James C Youngs Third Addition Linn County Iowa changing from B to C Commercial with a restrictive covenant on record for immediate public preservation purposes and publication.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Seeveuttier
Ranceven
Medar Rapids
Linn County
Comnet
Eightythree
Mepruar
Mil . Sedlacek
Maude M. Krebs
James C. Young
Young
Cedar Picts
Epeereet Oe
Bedlacer
Play Royalties Aid Woman Claiming To Be Czar Kin
Inez Robb reports on Anna Anderson who calls herself Grand Duchess Anastasia and has received Broadway royalties since early this year. The piece notes her long claim of royal descent, prior U.S. support since 1929, and the uncertain fate of the historic Anastasia myth.
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Czar Kin
New York
Broadway
Old Street
Germany
Black Forest
Anastasia
Russia
Nicholas II
Ekaterinburg
Anastasia von Tchaikovsky
Anna Anderson
U. S
Nightshirts to Hearts and Watches Drive Valentine Ads
Merchants aim to turn Valentine sentiment into sales with books, watches, and nightshirts. Elgin Watch Co promotes Valentine promotions to jewelers as a top selling event alongside Christmas and graduation. The Jewelry Industry Council offers love emblems across price ranges for all ages while publishers fill papers with heart and love themed ads. Columbus on his second voyage commanded 17 ships carrying about 1,000 colonists.
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New York
St. Valentine
Elgin National Watch Company
Elgin
Ill
Men’s Tie Foundation
Jewelry Industry Council
Columbus
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Hal Boyle
Mexico
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Edgar Queen
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Orce
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Anthony Eden
Iber
Parkerhouse Ice Cream
Tome
Pius Tex
Third Street
Inez Robb
Inez
Dauphin
Guy Bolton
America
Anastasis
U.S
William B. Leeds
Xenia
Okinow's
Okinow
Senate Raceme i
Second Avenue
Mallinson
Rite-Fit
Rose
Plushes
Sam Dawson
Grandpa
Chief Trouble
St. Valentine’s
St. Nicholas
King of Hearts
Dan River
Handsome
Armstrong Quality Basement
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